diff -r 2c06a7ff4173 -r 9ab267b9427c src/luan/Luan.java
--- a/src/luan/Luan.java	Tue Nov 19 17:42:11 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/Luan.java	Fri Nov 22 22:58:39 2019 -0700
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package luan;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -11,9 +12,9 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import goodjava.logging.Logger;
 import goodjava.logging.LoggerFactory;
-import luan.modules.BasicLuan;
 import luan.modules.JavaLuan;
 import luan.modules.PackageLuan;
+import luan.modules.IoLuan;
 import luan.modules.logging.LuanLogger;
 import luan.impl.LuanCompiler;
 
@@ -171,15 +172,22 @@
 	// static
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws LuanException {
-		doFile( "classpath:luan/cmd_line.luan", args );
-	}
-
-	public static void doFile(String uri,String... args) throws LuanException {
-		Luan luan = new Luan();
-		LuanFunction fn = (LuanFunction)BasicLuan.load_file(luan,uri);
+		Luan luan = new Luan();
+		LuanFunction fn = loadClasspath(luan,"luan/cmd_line.luan");
 		fn.call((Object[])args);
 	}
-
+
+	public static LuanFunction loadClasspath(Luan luan,String classpath)
+		throws LuanException
+	{
+		try {
+			String src = IoLuan.classpath(luan,classpath).read_text();
+			return luan.load(src,"classpath:"+classpath);
+		} catch(IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static Object first(Object obj) {
 		if( !(obj instanceof Object[]) )
 			return obj;

diff -r 2c06a7ff4173 -r 9ab267b9427c src/luan/host/WebHandler.java
--- a/src/luan/host/WebHandler.java	Tue Nov 19 17:42:11 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/host/WebHandler.java	Fri Nov 22 22:58:39 2019 -0700
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import luan.LuanFunction;
 import luan.LuanClosure;
 import luan.LuanRuntimeException;
-import luan.modules.BasicLuan;
 import luan.modules.http.LuanHandler;
 import luan.modules.logging.Log4j;
 
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@
 	private static void initLuan(Luan luan,String dir,String domain) {
 		security(luan,dir);
 		try {
-			LuanFunction fn = BasicLuan.load_file(luan,"classpath:luan/host/init.luan");
+			LuanFunction fn = Luan.loadClasspath(luan,"luan/host/init.luan");
 			fn.call(dir,domain);
 		} catch(LuanException e) {
 			throw new LuanRuntimeException(e);

diff -r 2c06a7ff4173 -r 9ab267b9427c src/luan/modules/BasicLuan.java
--- a/src/luan/modules/BasicLuan.java	Tue Nov 19 17:42:11 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/modules/BasicLuan.java	Fri Nov 22 22:58:39 2019 -0700
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		Utils.checkNotNull(sourceName,1);
 		return luan.load(text,sourceName,env);
 	}
-
+/*
 	public static LuanFunction load_file(Luan luan,String fileName) throws LuanException {
 		if( fileName == null ) {
 			fileName = "stdin:";
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 			return null;
 		return load(luan,src,fileName,null);
 	}
-
+*/
 	public static LuanFunction pairs(final LuanTable t) throws LuanException {
 		Utils.checkNotNull(t);
 		return t.pairs();

diff -r 2c06a7ff4173 -r 9ab267b9427c src/luan/modules/Boot.luan
--- a/src/luan/modules/Boot.luan	Tue Nov 19 17:42:11 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/modules/Boot.luan	Fri Nov 22 22:58:39 2019 -0700
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 local ipairs = BasicLuan.ipairs
 local set_metatable = BasicLuan.set_metatable
 local try = BasicLuan.try_
+local load = BasicLuan.load
+local type = BasicLuan.type
 local StringLuan = require "java:luan.modules.StringLuan"
 local match = StringLuan.match  -- String.match
+local matches = StringLuan.matches  -- String.matches
 local IoLuan = require "java:luan.modules.IoLuan"
 local LuanUrl = require "java:luan.modules.url.LuanUrl"
 local LuanJava = require "java:luan.Luan"
@@ -41,7 +44,6 @@
 	local this = {}
 	this.java = io
 	this.to_string = io.to_string
-	this.to_uri_string = io.to_uri_string
 	this.read_text = io.read_text
 	this.read_binary = io.read_binary
 	this.read_lines = io.read_lines
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@
 	this.checksum = io.checksum
 	this.charset = io.charset
 	this.set_charset = io.set_charset
+
+	function this.to_uri_string()
+		return this.uri_string or io.to_uri_string()
+	end
+
 	return this
 end
 Boot.new_LuanIn = new_LuanIn
@@ -232,6 +239,25 @@
 	return u.read_text()
 end
 
+function Boot.load_file(file)
+	if type(file) == "string" then
+		if not matches(file,":") then
+			file = "file:"..file
+		end
+		local u = uri(file)
+		if u==nil or not u.exists() then
+			return nil
+		end
+		local src = u.read_text()
+		return load(src,file)
+	elseif type(file) == "table" and file.read_text ~= nil then
+		local src = file.read_text()
+		return load(src,file.to_uri_string())
+	else
+		error("bad argument, expected string or uri table but got "..type(file))
+	end
+end
+
 
 local error_mt = {}
 

diff -r 2c06a7ff4173 -r 9ab267b9427c src/luan/modules/Luan.luan
--- a/src/luan/modules/Luan.luan	Tue Nov 19 17:42:11 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/modules/Luan.luan	Fri Nov 22 22:58:39 2019 -0700
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Luan.hash_code = BasicLuan.hash_code
 Luan.ipairs = BasicLuan.ipairs
 Luan.load = BasicLuan.load
-Luan.load_file = BasicLuan.load_file
+Luan.load_file = Boot.load_file
 Luan.new_error = BasicLuan.new_error
 Luan.pairs = BasicLuan.pairs
 Luan.pcall = BasicLuan.pcall

diff -r 2c06a7ff4173 -r 9ab267b9427c src/luan/modules/http/Server.luan
--- a/src/luan/modules/http/Server.luan	Tue Nov 19 17:42:11 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/modules/http/Server.luan	Fri Nov 22 22:58:39 2019 -0700
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 	Http.dir = dir
 	Http.is_serving = true
 	function Io.schemes.site(path)
-		return uri( dir..path )
+		local u = uri( dir..path )
+		u.uri_string = "site:"..path
+		return u
 	end
 end